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National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ)

NPLQ is widely accepted by swimming pools in the UK and Ireland as a minimum qualification as a role of a lifeguard within the swimming pool.

The NPLQ course includes 3 sections:

Section 1 - The lifeguard and the Law, Swimming Pool and Supervision

Section 2 - Intervention and Rescue and Emergency Action Plans

Section 3 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and First Aid.

Section 4 - AED

The course includes swimming pool rescue skills, basic life support, basic First Aid, managing a casualty suffering from a spinal injury, managing a swimming pool environment, identifying hazards that could cause harm to users and much more.

Every candidate attending a NPLQ course must be 16-years-old at the time of taking the NPLQ final assessment and be able to:

Jump/dive into deep water

Swim 50 metres in less than 60 seconds

Swim 100 metres continuously on front and back in deep water

Tread water for 30 seconds

Surface dive to the floor of the pool

Climb out unaided without ladder/steps and where the pool design allows

Successful candidates will receive:

RLSS NPLQ certificate for each candidate

RLSS NPLQ Lifeguard manual for each candidate

Handouts and revision sheets for each candidate

Course dates:

3rd - 7th April 2017

29th May - 2nd June 2017

Working in partnership with the Royal Lifesaving Society.

For more information or to make a booking please complete this booking form and email it through to us.